Originally Posted by Anatopism
To the OP...
I don't think anybody is trying to argue that incomplete dominance is incorrect, or that it isn't the best possible definition for what we know at the time. People will however fight back if you, whether intentionally or completely implied by accident, insult their intelligence concerning a subject area they are passionate about. Don't ignorantly assume because lots of people use a term incorrectly that they don't know the correct term, or even that it was a mistake to have used codom where it doesn't belong. It is used because it gets the message across... and I am adding this part because you very strongly replied not to "talk for everyone else" when somebody said people "just want to talk snakes"....
People just want to talk snakes. Nobody is arguing the correct terminology. Don't call us idiots because you misunderstand the culture, despite your perfect efforts at approaching us. We can be very helpful and very open minded, maybe take a step back and ask questions as to WHY and get to know us before you start a thread that comes across as a bit preachy. Again take note.... you may not have intended to come across this way! But look at all the responses you got, and tell me that it didn't in some way at least come across as such.
So many people claim to know the correct term is incomplet dominance but choose to use codominant because everybody else only understands codominant. I'm starting to believe everybody knows the correct terminology but thinks everybody else doesn't. Actually, i think everybody already knows it is really incomplete dominance but uses the excuse of everybody else not knowing so they dont have to use the correct term.
If so many people knows the correct term, it should be easy to change. I'm sorry but that does not seem very open minded to me. I dont get why people are not willing to use the correct term when they learn it. I just dont get it.
And i dont think i was preachy. I think people reacted strongly because they dont like the suggestion i made that codominance is incorrect terminology.
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